I am a recent graduate of Illinois State University, where I received my Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. I have my endorsements in Math and Language Arts.
I have spent all my summers since 2004 working at a local day camp, spending 8 weeks with kids from ages 4 to 13. With my clinical experience at Illinois State I have also worked with students throughout Elementary and Middle School, where I also tutored on the side.
I currently live in Rosemont, which is right outside of Chicago. In my spare time I love to hang out with family and friends, listen to music, sing karaoke, do crafts I find off of Pintrest.com, and watch movies.
This is my first year teaching and I am really excited for this school year. I am extremely passionate about teaching and hope to get the students just as passionate about learning. If you have any questions you can contact mr through e-mail at bmmuszy@gmail.com or by calling the school at (309)452-1042.
Philosophy on Teaching
As a future educator, one of the hardest things to do is develop and maintain a strong sense of moral and intellectual roots. In order to be a great teacher I think it is necessary to have strong virtues. The virtues that I believe are important to include in the classroom and understand strongly are having a wide general knowledge and a deep knowledge of the content to be taught, knowledge and the appreciation of the diversity among learners, and also a contagious intellectual enthusiasm and courage enough to be creative. One important virtue that is necessary in the classroom is having a wide general knowledge, along with a deep knowledge of the content that you are teaching. When teaching a lesson to a class, if a student asks you a question and you don’t know the answer it will appear that you do not know much about the subject. Especially when most students look up to you thinking “you know everything”. They might not think the same if you can not answer their questions, or even worse make up an answer to their questions. Ways to avoid this are while making lesson plans; you can do extra research on the subject matter and look up answers to possible questions. This way you will be an “expert” on the subject matter you are teaching. Teachers are constant learners and it can never hurt to know too much on a subject matter. Another way of learner a deeper knowledge of the information you are teaching is by talking about a certain subject to others. When you discuss subjects with others, you will be surprised at the different view points of people have that you never thought of. Especially, if you know someone that has a lot of information on the subject you are teaching a lesson on. You can never ask someone too many questions. Another virtue that is important is the knowledge and appreciation of the diversity among learners. This virtue I believe means diversity, in not only race, but more so learning disabilities. As a teacher it is extremely important to accommodate and help all of your students. I also think that it is important that everyone feels welcome and involved. If there is a student of a different culture in your classroom, I think it would be a good idea to get a sense of their background and beliefs. This is a way to allow them to feel comfortable. You can always ask the student questions or even do research on it. This way you can incorporate a little bit of all your student’s cultures in the classroom. Students with disabilities also fall into this category. When teaching these children it is most important to feel comfortable and that you can accommodate them in the best way possible. In order to do this one way of seeking help would be talking to the special education teacher in the classroom. They are there to help and they would tell you what you need to do to meet this certain child’s needs. Especially when it comes to children with disabilities I feel as if I will not know what to do, and be able to keep them up with the other students. Asking questions and getting the help from others would be a great way to learn more. Lastly the virtue I need to improve on is being able to have contagious intellectual enthusiasm and courage enough to be creative. In the morning it is sometimes hard to wake up and be ready to go teach a bunch of children. I think a plan on being able to change this is absolutely finding somewhere where you love being. When you love being somewhere, you want to wake up and go. If not the day will drag continuously and you will dread going. Having the courage to be creative is a key way to keep your students motivated and wanting to learn. Being a worksheet teacher is something that I feel is unacceptable and not what a great teacher does. Going off of worksheets is sometimes okay, but in your classroom you have to feel comfortable enough in front of your students to be goofy and allow them to have fun and learn at the same time. A way to do this is to let loose and allow yourself to feel as if you are performing while teaching. Also having creative lesson plans are a key way to keep students learning, focused and having fun at the same time. You can do this by incorporating art projects, fun writing assignments, and even just getting up and moving around the classroom. Having a strong hold on these virtues is a way to keep your classroom a great learning space for your students. By accomplishing the plans in this essay, I feel that you can create a good sense of these virtues.
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Welcome to my Second Grade website.
I am a recent graduate of Illinois State University, where I received my Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. I have my endorsements in Math and Language Arts.
I have spent all my summers since 2004 working at a local day camp, spending 8 weeks with kids from ages 4 to 13. With my clinical experience at Illinois State I have also worked with students throughout Elementary and Middle School, where I also tutored on the side.
I currently live in Rosemont, which is right outside of Chicago. In my spare time I love to hang out with family and friends, listen to music, sing karaoke, do crafts I find off of Pintrest.com, and watch movies.
This is my first year teaching and I am really excited for this school year. I am extremely passionate about teaching and hope to get the students just as passionate about learning. If you have any questions you can contact mr through e-mail at bmmuszy@gmail.com or by calling the school at (309)452-1042.
Philosophy on Teaching
As a future educator, one of the hardest things to do is develop and maintain a strong sense of moral and intellectual roots. In order to be a great teacher I think it is necessary to have strong virtues. The virtues that I believe are important to include in the classroom and understand strongly are having a wide general knowledge and a deep knowledge of the content to be taught, knowledge and the appreciation of the diversity among learners, and also a contagious intellectual enthusiasm and courage enough to be creative.
One important virtue that is necessary in the classroom is having a wide general knowledge, along with a deep knowledge of the content that you are teaching. When teaching a lesson to a class, if a student asks you a question and you don’t know the answer it will appear that you do not know much about the subject. Especially when most students look up to you thinking “you know everything”. They might not think the same if you can not answer their questions, or even worse make up an answer to their questions. Ways to avoid this are while making lesson plans; you can do extra research on the subject matter and look up answers to possible questions. This way you will be an “expert” on the subject matter you are teaching. Teachers are constant learners and it can never hurt to know too much on a subject matter. Another way of learner a deeper knowledge of the information you are teaching is by talking about a certain subject to others. When you discuss subjects with others, you will be surprised at the different view points of people have that you never thought of. Especially, if you know someone that has a lot of information on the subject you are teaching a lesson on. You can never ask someone too many questions.
Another virtue that is important is the knowledge and appreciation of the diversity among learners. This virtue I believe means diversity, in not only race, but more so learning disabilities. As a teacher it is extremely important to accommodate and help all of your students. I also think that it is important that everyone feels welcome and involved. If there is a student of a different culture in your classroom, I think it would be a good idea to get a sense of their background and beliefs. This is a way to allow them to feel comfortable. You can always ask the student questions or even do research on it. This way you can incorporate a little bit of all your student’s cultures in the classroom. Students with disabilities also fall into this category. When teaching these children it is most important to feel comfortable and that you can accommodate them in the best way possible. In order to do this one way of seeking help would be talking to the special education teacher in the classroom. They are there to help and they would tell you what you need to do to meet this certain child’s needs. Especially when it comes to children with disabilities I feel as if I will not know what to do, and be able to keep them up with the other students. Asking questions and getting the help from others would be a great way to learn more.
Lastly the virtue I need to improve on is being able to have contagious intellectual enthusiasm and courage enough to be creative. In the morning it is sometimes hard to wake up and be ready to go teach a bunch of children. I think a plan on being able to change this is absolutely finding somewhere where you love being. When you love being somewhere, you want to wake up and go. If not the day will drag continuously and you will dread going. Having the courage to be creative is a key way to keep your students motivated and wanting to learn. Being a worksheet teacher is something that I feel is unacceptable and not what a great teacher does. Going off of worksheets is sometimes okay, but in your classroom you have to feel comfortable enough in front of your students to be goofy and allow them to have fun and learn at the same time. A way to do this is to let loose and allow yourself to feel as if you are performing while teaching. Also having creative lesson plans are a key way to keep students learning, focused and having fun at the same time. You can do this by incorporating art projects, fun writing assignments, and even just getting up and moving around the classroom.
Having a strong hold on these virtues is a way to keep your classroom a great learning space for your students. By accomplishing the plans in this essay, I feel that you can create a good sense of these virtues.
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